Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
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Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.

I’d love to hear you sing this!

The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.
Exciting New Collection of Simple English Propers!
Another Look at Fr. Weber’s “The Proper of the Mass”

The Next Big Thing Is Here

“English Psalm-Tone Propers for the Ordinary Form of the Mass” is now available in print!

“No other pew Missal has done such a beautiful job setting the Ordinary of the Mass.” — Fr. Alan M. Guanella

But why bring up this subject at all, when probably 95% of Catholic priests have no familiarity with Gregorian chant? • concerning the challenges of composing Gregorian chant in English+

“Simple English Choral Propers” by Jon Naples

On air discussion with Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral – the youth-propelled chant movement, the new economic model of publishing, and how these are reshaping the liturgical landscape…and broadcast of the “Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II”.
As a bonus, several handy website links are given!

Two exciting new volumes in the field of sung propers.
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